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Hauled His Hay
The hay had be put
Oliver Fairbra of Omaha, Neb,
had no money to buy another horse
850, he related, he hitched himself
with his 16-year-old horse, Queen
pulled until his eves stuck out-—and
got the hay mm. Fatrbrass 51 whe
farms a small tract north of Oma
ha, explained that was
thing to do. Four
one after the other. and
dig no more from slender
sources buy another
five hours to do what
done in an hour with
sald. “1 guess I can't
I've still got Queen. I don't know
what I'd do without her.” Mrs. Fal
brass drove the heavy hay rack
while her husbs and Que
strained at the t They used the
family automobile to mow { rake
the alfalfa, but
negotiate steep hill
A daughter, Ell,
the wheels on
it was Queen
did the pulling
Two Out!
Two South Philipsburg
were the victims
ball accident which
urday afternoon
the Southy Twilight
played against
squad. Red Wood
first base and his
playing right
hit low ball was
them. Both went f it
tie, as, both bent over, Red
collided with Abs
had four teeth knocked ou
two or three more broken off
that they had to be pulled It
five stitches to cle he wo
his lip. Seven
quired
wound
Mary Bathed Often
£4)
the only
had died
he could
cash
It t
I could have
a team he
kick though
horses
’
Lo YOK
TY
£1)
wie Cal
with
of a
League n
Reformator
or
forehead
Ose
to
Mary, a 10-vear-o
mus, had a
from Long Isla:
Highland Park
last week. The
Ringling Brother
Pittsburgh 3
truck Thursday
“jungle Camp
Mary, weighing
given a drenci
four hours
took several das
Gives Away $500
Instead giving a
bag containing the half dozen
in equares he bought John
Ho clerk in a store at Providence
R. 1. handed the unidentified cus
tomer a bag contxining 3500--the
day's receipts from the cash regu
ter. Now he like to know
where he can rai
squares am
Knocks Self
Here's where a
himself. Climbing
of Harry Pettit, at
through a kitchen
burglar stepped on a
upset and threw him
When he started to
bumped his head
fn sink and was kn
scious
Snake Kills Charmer
Although he had made
for fifteen years of rr
snakes around in hi
Lee Mooney
he was exhibiting ris-
men’s club at Logan. W. Va. Pay-
ing little attention to the wound at
first. Mooney finally
home remedy to the sp
died at a hospital
Pedalled To Fair
Two Altoona youths wanted to
the New York World's Fair so bad-
ly they pedalled 977 miles to do
Richared Runvyen and William
Scholl returned Saturday from the
bicycle jaunt on which they also
took in Atlantic City. They left Al-
toona June 18 and spent just $24
on the trip, covering the entire
distance without a hlowout
wong
vy Boer
of
of uystomer :
ra
ar
would
the 3500
Out
the
enllect
“st oh
inves
Camden
window
table
to the
oot
against the k
3 practi
oo A
ii wa
before a sg
pa
Two Strikes
Vince Griffin, of Philadelphia, got
hit by a baseball going and coming
A foul ball clipped Griffin on the
thumb, disiocating the member and
continued on bouncing into a gird-
er behind him. Guiffin turned to
see where the ball went just in time
to get hit between the eyes as
bounced off the girder,
eet re
, "GRA
d
The first CGranges’ Picnic was
“Grange Day” because it was =n
-day affair, But when the
three-day picnic and camp estab-
lished in the "08, one day was re-
served for. a special Orange pro-
gram, and this idea has been car-
NGE
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OF DEFENSE AROUSES |
STIR IN BEECH CREEK
Residents of That Community Have Long
Been Pestered by Unwelcome Varmints—
Breed and Thrive
ki
in t
h r of the residence
McDowell Tibbins on
{ Beech Creek
three!
pen
Dr
led
ne
omething
in
|
pheasants
ol
the
night, where
pheasant
ent
Came
Bob diagn
AH fy
De
‘arwell wed
A Tuesday
large mother
from unde
Miner Loses Leg in
Cutting Machine
Victim of
at
Man
Accident
Plant
Morrisdale
Unfortunate
Mine
f
Under Churches
Setting
the next
nother
Ins
BELLEFONTE, P.
A.
THURSDAY, JULY 20. 1939.
A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week.
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NEWS,
FEATURES
NUMBER 29.
Pre-Fair Days
" CHILDREN'S DAY AT FAIR
Another Calf Killer Arrested
, .
f
MUTILATED
BODY OF
MAN FOUND ALONG RR
TRACKS NEAR TYRONE
Victim, Whose Residence Remains Undeter-
mined, is Thought to Have Fallen From
Freight Train During Night
Mentification
man
corre.
However
beer
tentatively 4
the
"WO
ymetime d Mandell
I ination and indicsting membership in the
relatives
————
Hunters will Have
Month of Gunning
PLUNGES DOWN TOWER
STEPS AT OAK HEIGHTS
nn sens
Game Commission Promises
‘More Liberal’ Bag
Limits
Water Street Gas
Station Robbed
Bandits Seenre $50 From
Proprietor and Escape
in Stolen Car
Sunday
HALL BOY GETS
ODD GIFT FROM TEXAS
Mila,
oft turtie
aed like t
eater was gift of Reed Lannsan
of Texas to Bobbie Bitner [8«year-
ld naturalist of Mill Hall who's
growing gray trying to protect his
atest pet from his 18-inch blowing
viper. Reed, who recently paid a
visit to his home town, also brought
nine horned toads and three varie
ties of green cactus from the Texas
plains which are on display as the
home of his parents, Mr, and Mrs
Harry Lannan
The turtle, unknown here the
north, lg about the size of an or-
dinary human hand and its shell is
quite like human flesh
DAY”
A
foot
eLeq
and a hes
the
in
ried on throughout the years. An
enlarged "Grange Day”
on Thursday, August 31, has been
planned for this year's Grange En-
campment ang Centre County Fair, |
scheduled for Orange Park, Centre |
(Continued on page four)
| been
program |
HARDSHIPS OF THE PlO
appearance of
in thes
AYP riences
Hea ved
follow
“When the ears
clear a piece of
staked off: then
grubbing hoe, took up
sapling which
hake in the root
and bending
wd they
nrovided with a
by
to
the roots
a man
bY grasping
backward:
fUery tot
could
the stem
and forwards
“After the land bw
was grubbed
——
Logging Bees Were Strenuous Sport
old-time logging bees
in the davs of
in their time
ports, leaving
how eves
The
flourished
great event
the once-popular
It will be refreshing,
to read how their
our
projenitor
dav.
Vey
1424
A
hopped
if three
Mande
enioyed
ind husking hee which
great grandparents,
rn customs have wiped oul
nothing but their memory,
fa the generation
their
were
vounger
themselves in
Wie Erour
rough
plowed
three and twelve
The Hmit
one, rebbits four
rel six and 0
Be TROODON BOT
for turkey: remains at
and 20, and sour
Nov
sea.
starts
A rine Yor
(Continued on page four)
or and the
mn sca A ———
“ans wo Peanut Removed
From Boy's Lung
Sandy Ridge Lad's Life Saved
By Timely Use of Bron.
choscope
Renwick, Jr
had a miserable
weekend While
were out
was bent
pain before the
while eating peanuts the
child starled laughing at a joke
and down went a whole peanut
as- | And then the pain began. Dr. G, A
the Rickner of Osceola was called In
and diagnosed the case. "The child
was taken to Huntingdon, where a
branchoscope, believed (0 be the
oniy machine of {ts kind in this en-
tire area, removed the lodged Ded
nut which In time wonld have
caused the boy's death. Dr. Rick-
Thomas of
off’ to the length of
Sometimes the enilire
imam
Aanea Wa
reduced | over
Pourth
age
), Tommy)
Friday
handled
og -
all
the owner had a
rolling.” He gave the word to
neighbors, and h
ied they generally divided
force into two companies
Caprains were aelecied for each
ompany. and the captains chose
companies, each nDaming a
(Continusd on page foun)
{He men
Ar
their
DEMOCRATIC PICNIC
Central Penn
Pieniec will be
at Black Moshannon State
Wednesday, August 30 The
announced by Walter E
Philipsburg, general chair-
man. who has contacted Depart-
ment of Forests and Waters offic-
ials and reserved necessary sections
of the park for that day
fifth annual
Democratic
The
vivania
held
Park
date wa
Beezer
The picnic. sponsored by the Cen-
Young Men's Democrat.
to draw 10.
Clearfield,
tre County
ic Cinbs, is
000 people
expected
from Centre,
BANKS WARNED OF NEW
RACKET BEING PRACTICED
Banks in this section have been
warned of a new racket being oper
ated by two men in other sections
of the state,
First determining the name of
one of the tellers in a bank, one of
the men goes (0 an ouwlside ele
phone and calls the teller asking
{him to find a fountain pen in the
[rear of Lhe bank belonging to some |
| prominent {
| nity.
poten in the commus |
When the teller goes to look for |
{the pen, the other man operating |
{the racket goes Lo the tellers win-
| dow helping
| cash he can reach, When the teller |
himself to whalever
returns he finds that the telephone |
is dead and discovers that he has |
robbed, Wilkes Barre banks)
| suffered losses from the racked in
the past few weeks !
| “Summer Entertaining Made Easy”
A timely article by Mrs. Chris. |
tine Frederick, eminent sulhority!
cn household efMelency, will be |
found in the July 30th issue of The!
American Weekly, the big magasine |
distributed with the Baltimore Sun- |
day American. On sale at all news. |
| stands
mi
Hunt
countie
Blair Cambria Clinton
Lycoming
and Elk
Ap
Beezer includes
three well known
games and other
probability an ey
firework The I
¥ be headed by outstanding Dem-
ocratic orators of state and nation-
3] fame. Arrangements will be made
to decorate the park for the politi-
holiday
ingdon Jeffersor
t Mr
bs
ball
artial gram outlined by
band
bands
sports, and
onnceris
cal
» -
Timber Culting Near
A Wat
od the T. A
and hemlock
Loganton
wntown firm has purchas-
Deflong trast
now keading a
led by Donald Walshans busy |
was the Old Houtz
southwest of Loganton,
of pine
and is
Tew
in
woods
what onee
a aM —————— fathe #
all right if it is
Big busine
il right
ail
PENN
Control
eXAL
STATE TO OFFER
DAIRY SHORT COURSE
sampling, and
and a careful
will be
Ww dairy products
of these products
designed especially
who plan test dairy
8 or who wish to prepare for
examination leading to certifica-
for weighing sampling and
milk and cream. A repre
ive of the Pennsylvania Milk
Commission will give this
nination July 29
em————
Makes First Catch of Season
Violet Pox, 11, fishing with ber
Jacoh L
ree is
1 to
reported this season,
! the hospital worked more than an you meet the
Fox, of Mill Hall, |
caught a 18-inch pike, the first to |
{ be
etis sald peanuts swell twice their
normal site when moist and that
the lodged peanut would have caus.
ed an abscess in the lung
Meeting of 4-H Club,
Gatetburg 4-H Food and
Health Club mel at the home of
Leona Bums on Wednesday morn
July 12. with ten of the mem
present. The girls maded
souffle and carrot-peanut
salad. Vivian Barto was selected
to represent the organization dur
The
FRACTURES SKULL IN
FALL DOWN STEPS
chinese
Thought to have lost her balance
- . while ascending the cellar ste at
ing Club Week at Stale Colleg® nur home in Philipsburg late Ar
from August 16 io 19. The Next |,..qay morning, Mrs. George Stott
regular meeling of the local club fell backwards down the flight and
will be held at the home of Vivian | era ctured her skull
Barto, at 9:30 a. Mm. July 2 Sometime after the fall, in which
. she was seriously injured, Mrs
Baby Drowns in Shallow Pond | Stott crawled up the steps into the
A 20-month-old baby toddled! kitchen where she was found un-
out the unlocked screen door of her conscious by a painter who had
home at Lewistown, Priday, and (come to paint the porch. She was
drowned in a shallow goidfish pond {taken to the Philipsburg State Hos-
on the lawn, She was the daughter pital for treatment
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clinger
The mother found her baby about “Family Pertrail”
twenty-minutes after she had fall-! “Family Portmit” a hilarious
into the water. Physicians at | sketchbook, supberbly drawn, where
s folks next door, the
hour in an unsuccessful effori to re- | kids across the streei, your famivl
vive the child jand yourself. A new feature in
the Comic Weekly, distributed with
1 you must follow a vision in the Baliimore Sunday American,
on
| life be sure thal you see a vision On sale 81 all newsstands.
Random
| Items
i.
| HE DESERVED IT
When Charles Gates, of the Dem-
ocratic Watchman, failed to put in
An appearance at a regular meet
ing of Bellefonte Borough Council,
| Monday, July 3, it was the first
time in 25 4 that he'd missed a
regular meeting of that body. Ask-
od the reason for his absence
Charlie answered: “Well 1 was on
vacation and decided make it a
one’!
VERT
to
res) ;
GRATITUDE
A month ago a Joos] taproom pro-
| prictor began to notice that a oer-
lain Bellefonte man was frequent.
ing his piace regularly, buying quite
liberally and making himself gen-
erally agreeable. This continued for
weeks, curing which time the
proprie and the liberal spender
became chummy. Then late
one night the customer entered the
piace and confided to the owner:
We just got some unexpected
guests al our place and I'm caught
without any refreshments. The lig.
or store is closed, and 1 don't know
to do. Could » me
two quarts of whiskey and a dozen
cans beer?” The taproom
prietor thought he could
the deal the customer
check. Then came the dawn, and
word from the bank that the check
was no good, The irate taproom
owner searched out the customer
and asked for an explanation. Said
customer Bo check's no
eh? Well, I'm not going to do
anything about it! 80 what?" 8o
what, indeed. The liguor dispenser,
having streiched the law by giving
the customer the goods, could onls
grit his teeth and chalk up
ex perienoe
TRIVLES
Motor Police Officer GG. |
Finkbeiner, who herewith becomes
member of the “I've Quit Smok-
reports a gain in weight
he gave
Leo
an announcer
bingo game al the
during the
he succerded putting
certain amount of “wumph into
the Llring job A contemporars
columnist complains about
the annovance caused in the movies
by persons who read tities aloud
Maybe they should tune the
0, too Bank calendar slo-
gan reads, “Your bank account is
ur personal declaration of inde-
pendence.” How naive In re-
moving the signs reading “Centre
Democratic Headquarters” from the
windows of the room on West High
street which housed the County's
Democratic foroes until recently.
(some wag left on each window the
| letters “RR” and “0.” whith are he
initials of Ralph Owens, owner of
the electrical appliance store now
jocated In the rooms
THEY'RE FUNNY THAT WAY
Sunday a tourist looking at Belle.
fonte's famous trout below the falls
noticed one of the fish flopping on
its side. “What's wrong with that
one? she asked. Karl E. Kusse,
secretary of the Chamber of Com-
merce, who was slanding nearby,
explained that it was dying. “How
often do they do that?” the excited
tourist guerisd. That was 100 much
{for Kusse, who answered, “Only
once, lady!”
WHAT NEXT?
Dr. Richards H. Ho
probably Bellefonte's hobbingest
person, has bullt himself a3 boat
‘Dick.’ who fishes, hunts, flies is
a camera fiend, raconteur and what
not, last vear bought ohe of these
knocked«down two-seated Kyaks,
which he assembled and finished
himself. The rack you See on top
of his car was put there expressly
for carrying the boat. He gave the
[craft a tryout on Black Moshannon
dam last week and reports that it
not only handies nicely, but doesn’
leak. The kysk 15 as trim a little
ship as you'll find anywhere in this
| land-bound region.
NICE MUSIC
| The only fault we could {ind with
{the concert given Friday night by
{the American Legion Band of
{ Clearfield. as a feature of the Belle.
{fonte High school fiesta on the
{school commons, was that it didn’t
| last long enough, Not that the band
{was stingy with {ts music, but sole.
{ly because their music is the kind
{ you don't tire of.
POLITICAL GOSSIP
| O. B. Malin informs this depart.
{ment that he ig not a candidate for
school director of Bellefonte, cons
trary to rumors abroad on the
streets. Willlam B. Troupe, recent-
ly appointed to the board to take
the place made vacant by James R.
Hughes’ resignation, probably wil
{be a candidate for election. Charles
{ P. Cook is reliably reported to be
uninterested in snother term, and
President George Hassel is génemis
ly believed to be contemplating
{withdrawal from the board when
his term expires this year. The
(Continued on page four)
Wiree
Te
vor
quale
you iet nhiave
of
- pro-
and in
paid by
the the
good
the loss
0
State
8
ing Club
{ about 20 pounds
up the weed last December
Boden does fine as
As caller
Mio orb
dg
weekend
since
al a
oi festival
in
a
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